Robbery per Capita in Las Cruces
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Las Cruces residents.
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Las Cruces residents.
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Robbery costs the average Las Cruces resident about $49 per year.
Crime Grade's robbery map shows the safest places in Las Cruces in green. The most dangerous areas in Las Cruces are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The F grade means the rate of robbery is much higher than the average US city. Las Cruces is in the 3rd percentile for safety, meaning 97% of cities are safer and 3% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Las Cruces's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of robbery in Las Cruces is 1.565 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Las Cruces generally consider the northeast part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of robbery in Las Cruces may be as high as 1 in 566 in the central neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 741 in the northeast part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more robbery occurs in the southwest parts of Las Cruces, CA: about 0 per year. The northwest part of Las Cruces has fewer cases of robbery with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the robbery rate in Las Cruces to the California state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Las Cruces, CA: | 1.565 |
|---|---|
| California: | 1.197 |
| USA: | 0.6421 |
Considering only the robbery rate, Las Cruces is less safe than the California state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Robbery is projected to cost the residents of Las Cruces about $13,883 in 2025, or roughly $49 per resident. This is part of Las Cruces's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Las Cruces, including every crime type and how Las Cruces compares to other cities.
Remember that robbery rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Las Cruces's crime maps on the Las Cruces overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D- | D | F | F | |
D+ | D- | D | F | |
D- | D- | F | F | |
C- | D- | D+ | F | |
C- | D- | D+ | F | |
D | D | D- | F | |
C | C | D+ | F | |
C- | D+ | D | F | |
C+ | D | C- | F | |
D+ | D- | D | F |
Las Cruces is higher versus other cities of the same size for robbery. The table below compares robbery in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
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C- | D | D | D- | |
C- | C+ | C+ | B | |
B | C+ | C+ | D | |
A- | A+ | A+ | A | |
A- | C+ | C+ | D+ | |
C | C | C | A | |
C+ | B- | B- | C+ | |
C- | D+ | D+ | B+ | |
D+ | F | F | C- | |
A | B+ | B+ | D+ |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Las Cruces, CA average SchoolGrade of A, with 65% actual proficiency versus 44% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Las Cruces schools on SchoolGrade
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